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Gardenias for Lady Day
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Track Listing
- Gloria
- Sunset
- (I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone
- I'm in a Low Down Groove
- Strange Fruit
- Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
- Indian Summer
- More Than You Know
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #174854 in Music
- Released on: 2003-11-11
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Hybrid SACD
Customer Reviews
Wildly uneven recording
James Carter has many ardent fans, I do not profess to be one of them. However, I am a huge fan of the saxophone and because of it do have a couple of Carter's recordings in my collection. While he can play some beautiful music, too often he resorts to pyrotechnics instead of going for substance. Such is the case on half of the music on this disc. If you are into the avant-garde then you will probably like this CD. However, if you are more into melodies and mood, then wait until you get a real good deal on "Gardenias" - that way getting only 50% of good music will not disappoint as much.
quartet plus strings
this time out james carter uses the basic jazz quartet, horn, drums, bass, and piano played by john hicks, accompanied by a string ensemble arranged by greg cohen and cassius richmond-he played alto sax on in carterian fashion-to sound like horns.
carter plays baritone sax on 3 tracks. none of the songs is written by him. gloria is his don byas selection this cd. vocals by miche braden.
strange fruit is not for the sensitive, a song about a lynching, carter's horn screeches to a nearly unbearable pitch.
James Carter....the most beautiful sax player
James Carter is perhaps the most ravishingly beautiful saxophone players in the history of jazz. His tone and sensibility give way to true emotions that he conveys through his horn. While this says so much for him as a professional musician, it does not say so much about him as an artist and as an innovator. James Carter is beautiful at playing in a style that is reminecent of the past. He has learned from the masters and took it to his own level. This cd conveys that clearly, his one drawback is that he rarely writes and rarely challeneges the boarders of music. That is the only fault he has. Some say he is an empty player, but if you have seen him play live and really listened you can hear the emotions he plays with. Give this a listen. It's a cd in honor of Lady Day or as she was better known, Billie Holiday. Just listen....
